down with a disease

down with (an illness)

Sick with a particular illness, which is named after "with." I've been down with the flu all week and have barely gotten out of bed.
See also: down
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*down with a disease

ill; sick at home. (Can be said about many diseases. *Typically: be ~; Come ~; get~.) Tom isn't here. He's down with a cold. Sally is down with the flu.
See also: disease, down
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • be down to something
  • be down to (do something)
  • bed down some place
  • come a gutser
  • be down to (one)
  • be down to somebody/something
  • ask down
  • bounce up and down
  • close down
  • close down and shut down